Britain’s national broadcaster lambasted for describing the intifada as an “unarmed and popular uprising” while ignoring the more than 1,000 people murdered by Palestinians during the conflict.
The BBC sparked controversy yet again regarding its coverage of the Middle East, this time after it published an article that claimed the First Intifada against Israel was a “largely unarmed and popular uprising,” ignoring the widespread violence and large number of casualties during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
On Wednesday, Britain’s national broadcaster published an article on Britain’s crackdown on the use of controversial slogans, including “Globalize the Intifada,” which have been accused of promoting antisemitic violence.
The decision by British authorities to arrest demonstrators chanting the slogan came in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at a Chanukah celebration in Sydney, Australia.